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(No Model.)

Dish Washer.

, No. 240,654. Patented April 26, 1831;

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any packing when it passes out of the case.

, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDMUND L. BULLOCK, OF HARTFORD,OONNEOTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO WALTER A. RILEY, OF SAME PLACE.

DISH-WASHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,654, dated April 26 1881. Application filed January 10, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, EDMUND L. BULLocK, of Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State 'of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dish-Washers, of which the following is a description,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, where- Figure 1 is an exterior view of a washer embodying my said improvement. Fig. 2 is a top View of same with the covers or cover-sections removed. Fig. 3 is a view of same, in central vertical section, on planem as, Fig. 2.

The object of the improvement is the production of an apparatus of extreme simplicity, cheapness, and efficiency for facilitating the washing of dishes. one of such construction that it can profitably be made and used in a size sufficiently small for common families.

The letter a denotes a case for containing the articles to be washed, also the washing material. also the rotating cage which carries the articles to be washed. It is essential that its shape be such as to permit the cage to rotate horizontally or in a horizontal plane within it. The cover of this case is in two sections, b b, so as to permit the shaft of the rotary cage to pass up and out between them, and so as to permit the bearing-brace c, which is supported at its ends on the case, and centrally forms a bearin gfor the shaft of the rotary cage, to be located between them.

The letter (1 denotes the rotary cage as a whole, of which itis an essential feature that it shall rotate in a horizontal plane, which gives an opportunity to place articles in it in the simplest and easiest manner possible, the top being left open .for that purpose, and the bottom substantially closed to give a support to such articles. Moreover, the articles do not need that particular fastening which would be necessary if the cage rotated vertically, for if they become loosened they cannot fall. Moreover, in rotating the articles are constantly in the water. Moreover, the shaft does not need Moreover, on removing a cover the condition of all the articles being washed can be seen at a glance. Moreover, an excess in weight of articles on one side does not materially affect the ease of rotation. This cage is composed of a bottom for supporting most of the articles, an exterior annular open-work band, and interior cross-supports. It is made fastto the shaft e, the upper. end of which is cranked, whereby to rotate it. By taking hold of this shaft, it and the cage can belifted out together, making of the cage and the shaft a sort of basket and handle, which can be filled with articles to be washed, set into place in the casin g, filled with hot water, and rotated till the articles are cleansed, and then lifted out so that the articles can be handily removed. The bearing-brace c rests by its ends in mortises made in the outer casing, a, and, when constructed as shown in the drawings, may be lifted with the cage and shaft.

Plates and the like are set edgewise between the cross-supports f g h. Someof these, f, are formed into loops vertically to receive thereon tea-cups and thelike. Others of them, 9, are formed into loops horizontalty or laterally, to take and hold between them knives, forks, and the like. These lateral loops are formed of elastic wire, so as to pinch and sufficiently hold knives and the like that are put into their embrace.

' The cranked handle is made fast to the cage,

that it may serve like a basket-handle in lifting the cage out of the outer casing. The cover-sections are each made separately removable from the casing, to permit the use of a light central bearing-brace for the axle and to allow access to the interior without removing the crank.

I claim as my invention In combination, the casing a, the removable cage cl, provided with the cranked handle fast thereto, the removable bearing-brace c, and the separately removable cover-sections b b, all substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

EDMUND L. BULLOCK.

Witnesses:

W. E. SIMoNDs, JAMES J. GREENE. 

